[0:00] Ladies and gentlemen,
[0:01] good evening. I hereby
[0:02] call a regular
[0:03] meeting of the Canton
[0:05] Township Board of Trustees for
[0:07] September 22, 2026
[0:08] at 7:00 p.m. Please
[0:10] stand for the
[0:11] Pledge of
[0:12] Allegiance.
[0:15] I pledge allegiance to the
[0:17] flag of the United
[0:18] States of America and to
[0:19] the republic for which it
[0:20] stands, one
[0:21] nation under God,
[0:22] indivisible, with
[0:23] liberty and
[0:24] justice for
[0:25] all.
[0:28] Thank you. Mr. Secretary
[0:30] Segers, could
[0:31] you please hold a roll call
[0:32] vote?
[0:36] Tonight should
[0:38] be easy. Uh, Madam
[0:39] Chief, oh,
[0:41] wait. We don't
[0:42] do that. Uh,
[0:43] Chief Gramlich.
[0:47] Yes, thank you. Here.
[0:48] Good. Let it
[0:50] be recorded that
[0:51] Secretary Segers
[0:52] is present and Treasurer
[0:53] Slavens is absent.
[0:56] Ganguly's proxy is absent and
[0:58] Ansari's proxy is absent.
[1:00] Mr. Foster?
[1:01] Good evening.
[1:02] And Mr. President
[1:03] Borninski?
[1:03] Good evening.
[1:04] Thank you. Can I
[1:05] make a motion
[1:06] to approve the
[1:07] agenda,
[1:08] please?
[1:08] Madam Chief, I
[1:09] propose to adopt the
[1:10] agenda as
[1:11] presented
[1:12] . I
[1:13] support.
[1:14] The motion was made by
[1:15] Clerk Siegrist,
[1:16] seconded by Trustee
[1:17] Foster. All "for" - "
[1:18] I". "
[1:19] Against" - "no".
[1:20] The proposal is accepted. Are
[1:22] there any council
[1:23] or commission reports? Kate,
[1:26] let me know.
[1:28] Hmm, yes, PR AS. I'm not
[1:34] sure what we
[1:36] call ourselves now,
[1:37] previously LSEC. Hmm, John
[1:39] can correct me
[1:40] if I'm wrong. We
[1:43] met last
[1:44] week, and, um, there were
[1:46] some updates, um,
[1:47] from John and me. You
[1:50] know them all because
[1:51] they all relate to
[1:52] things that, um,
[1:53] happen. Hmm, but
[1:55] I think the most important thing
[1:56] we did at
[1:57] our meeting
[1:58] last week was that
[2:00] we adopted a new
[2:01] charter.
[2:02] Oh, okay. Good. Anything
[2:05] specific that
[2:06] stood out?
[2:08] No, mostly
[2:09] just an update because it's
[2:10] been a while.
[2:12] Good. Thank you. Are there any
[2:14] items for
[2:15] public
[2:15] discussion only from the
[2:16] agenda items
[2:17] ? We will hold a
[2:19] public discussion
[2:20] at the end of the meeting. Are there
[2:21] any comments just
[2:22] on the agenda items
[2:23] ? Okay, I
[2:24] have two participants online
[2:26] . If you would like to
[2:27] make a public
[2:28] comment on the
[2:29] agenda items
[2:29] , please like
[2:31] me on
[2:32] air. Okay, I don't see
[2:33] any. Great,
[2:34] thank you. Okay, we're
[2:36] moving on to
[2:37] approving
[2:38] the minutes of
[2:39] September 8, 2026, and
[2:41] September 15, 2020.
[2:42] So, it is proposed. I
[2:44] support.
[2:44] The motion was made by
[2:45] Secretary Seeger,
[2:46] seconded by Trustee
[2:47] Chairman Berninsky.
[2:48] All "for" - "I". Against - "
[2:50] no". The proposal
[2:51] is accepted.
[2:53] Bill payment.
[2:54] Madam Manager, I
[2:55] propose to pay the
[2:56] bills.
[2:59] Can I express my
[3:00] support? I
[3:02] support.
[3:02] The motion was made by
[3:03] Secretary Seeger,
[3:04] seconded by Trustee
[3:05] Chairman Berninski
[3:06] and Foster. All "for" - "I
[3:08] ".
[3:08] Against - "no".
[3:09] The proposal is accepted.
[3:12] Approval calendar.
[3:13] Madam Chair, I
[3:14] propose that the council
[3:15] adopt the
[3:16] approval calendar as
[3:17] presented
[3:18] . MC1 is considering
[3:19] approving an annual
[3:21] contract renewal
[3:22] with the
[3:23] Michigan Police Legal Consulting Group. C2
[3:24] is considering
[3:26] approving the
[3:27] use of funds
[3:28] for the reconstruction of the
[3:29] Zip Was Natural Area. C3
[3:32] consider the
[3:33] reading question.
[3:34] Excuse me, second
[3:35] reading on
[3:37] Township Code of Ordinances,
[3:38] Chapter 46, Article 8,
[3:40] Division 1, Section
[3:42] 46-509,
[3:43] Kratom
[3:44] and Dangerous
[3:45] Psychoactive
[3:46] Substances Regulation Ordinance, and then
[3:48] finally, Item C4
[3:49] will consider
[3:49] approving a
[3:51] purchase order for the
[3:52] sealing of the
[3:57] C&J asphalt parking lot. I
[3:58] support.
[3:59] The motion was made by
[4:00] Clerk Seeger, seconded by
[4:01] Trustee
[4:02] Berninski. All
[4:03] "for": Me.
[4:05] Against? No. The proposal
[4:07] is accepted. General
[4:08] calendar. G1 is considering
[4:10] purchasing a
[4:12] Toro Links satellite system for
[4:14] Pheasant Run Golf Club.
[4:18] Madam Chair, I
[4:19] move to cancel the
[4:20] bidding process and
[4:21] approve the purchase of a
[4:30] Toro Links irrigation system from Spartan Distributors for
[4:33] $195,216.65
[4:36] for the year 2027. I
[4:38] support.
[4:39] The motion was made by
[4:40] Clerk Seager,
[4:41] seconded by Trustee
[4:42] Foster. Spartan
[4:43] Distributors provided a
[4:45] quote for a
[4:46] Toro Link system to
[4:47] replace the
[4:48] Toro LTC satellite system. The
[4:49] LTC system is obsolete and will no longer
[4:51] be supported
[4:52] for service
[4:53] and parts.
[4:54] Toro
[4:54] recommended
[4:55] replacing it
[4:56] as soon as possible to
[4:57] eliminate any
[4:58] service and
[4:59] support interruptions. These
[5:00] satellite units
[5:01] control
[5:02] approximately 1,500
[5:03] sprinkler heads
[5:04] . The irrigation system
[5:05] ensures that we
[5:06] provide a great
[5:07] lawn for our
[5:08] customers. Pleasant Run
[5:09] serves over 200
[5:10] acres of land, all of which is
[5:12] irrigated by this
[5:13] system. This new
[5:14] technology
[5:14] will ensure less
[5:15] loss in
[5:16] water distribution for
[5:17] maintenance and more
[5:18] efficient
[5:18] water supply.
[5:19] In addition to the need to
[5:20] repair old,
[5:21] outdated parts
[5:22] and equipment,
[5:24] the likelihood of
[5:25] lawn damage is also reduced.
[5:26] Let me see. And
[5:27] also, let me
[5:28] see. The
[5:30] 2027 budget will be amended
[5:31] to reflect this
[5:32] purchase of
[5:33] capital machinery and
[5:35] equipment. You see,
[5:36] this is Director of the Fever, do you
[5:38] want to add anything?
[5:39] Uh, just wanted to
[5:40] add that if it
[5:42] is approved, it will
[5:43] be the first of two RBAs
[5:44] . The second RBA
[5:45] is for
[5:46] hardware. And we will
[5:47] issue an RFP, if
[5:48] approved,
[5:50] to find
[5:50] a vendor who will
[5:52] actually do
[5:53] the installation to
[5:54] do the actual work.
[5:55] So you will see
[5:56] another RBA
[5:57] offering a much
[5:58] smaller amount in
[5:59] the future for its
[6:00] installation. But this
[6:02] applies to the
[6:03] equipment itself from the
[6:04] Toro distributor.
[6:07] Good. Thank you. Good.
[6:09] Okay, did you have a
[6:10] question?
[6:11] Yeah, I just wanted
[6:12] to ask,
[6:18] maybe it's already in
[6:19] your second
[6:20] kit, but, uh,
[6:21] since it's
[6:22] about
[6:23] equipment, does that
[6:24] include, uh,
[6:25] sprinkler heads
[6:26] and piping, or is
[6:27] it just the controllers?
[6:33] Uh, these are controllers, uh
[6:35] , and these are, uh, yes,
[6:36] boxes for, uh, all over the
[6:38] field. So, uh,
[6:43] it's not individual heads
[6:45] as such, but it's, uh,
[6:46] there are boxes all over the
[6:48] hole all over the field,
[6:49] uh, that help
[6:50] control all
[6:51] the heads, if that
[6:53] makes sense.
[6:56] Yes. I just wanted to
[6:58] ask because I
[6:59] thought if we
[7:01] had to do
[7:02] separate
[7:02] sprinkler heads and
[7:03] piping, etc., it would be
[7:05] pretty
[7:07] serious and
[7:08] hopefully we wouldn't be
[7:09] doing this for
[7:10] very long.
[7:11] Yes.
[7:12] On this field.
[7:13] Yes. Okay, thank you. Are
[7:15] there any other questions
[7:16] or comments? No? Everyone
[7:18] who is in favor of the proposal
[7:19] says:
[7:20] Yes.
[7:20] Those against, no. The proposal
[7:22] is accepted. Item G2.
[7:24] Madam Chair, I move to
[7:26] authorize the
[7:27] Canton Township Clerk to
[7:29] sign a permit for
[7:30] Ace Pyro LLC to store,
[7:35] transport, and
[7:36] display
[7:37] fireworks at the
[7:39] Festival of Lights on
[7:40] October 9, 2026.
[7:42] I have support.
[7:43] The proposal was made by
[7:44] Clerk Seeger, and
[7:45] seconded by Trustee
[7:46] Berninski. The
[7:46] Arts
[7:47] and Humanities Partnership is
[7:48] collaborating with
[7:49] several
[7:49] community groups
[7:50] to host a
[7:52] Festival of Lights celebration on
[7:53] Friday, October 9th, at
[7:53] Heritage Park.
[7:54] The Festival of Lights is a
[7:55] cultural celebration of
[7:56] lights that
[7:57] symbolizes the victory of
[7:58] light over darkness.
[8:00] This free
[8:00] event is open to
[8:01] all community members
[8:02] so they can
[8:03] learn and
[8:04] celebrate together through
[8:05] Native American cultural
[8:06] dance, a DJ,
[8:06] Indian food, and henna.
[8:08] The evening ends with
[8:09] fireworks. The fire
[8:11] inspector reviewed the
[8:14] fireworks display permit application and
[8:14] accompanying documentation
[8:16] from Ace Pyro LLC of Salina,
[8:17] Michigan, and
[8:18] found it to be in
[8:18] compliance with all
[8:19] requirements of the National
[8:20] Fire
[8:21] Protection Association and all
[8:22] state and
[8:23] federal
[8:24] fireworks laws. Therefore, the
[8:25] fire inspector
[8:26] recommends issuing a
[8:27] permit for the Festival of
[8:30] Lights fireworks for 2026.
[8:31] Director Figer, do you have
[8:32] anything to add? Well
[8:34] , nothing more
[8:35] to add.
[8:36] Okay, so
[8:37] permission is needed, and they are
[8:38] asking for it. Any
[8:39] questions or
[8:40] comments? No. Everyone is “for
[8:42] ” the proposal, say
[8:44] Ya.
[8:45] Against–no. The proposal
[8:47] is accepted. G3.
[8:49] Madam Chair, I
[8:51] move that
[8:53] Resolution 2026-53 be approved,
[8:57] approving the
[8:58] revised
[8:59] preliminary
[9:00] development plan for Silver Creek
[9:01] Estates, formerly known
[9:03] as Everton Reserve, in this
[9:04] planning application. I
[9:07] support.
[9:08] The motion was made by
[9:09] Clerk Seeger,
[9:10] seconded by
[9:11] Trustee Foster. Silver
[9:12] Creek Estates, formerly
[9:13] known as Everton Reserve,
[9:14] is a proposed
[9:15] detached condominium
[9:16] consisting of 62
[9:17] single-family
[9:18] homes on a
[9:19] 34.68-acre site
[9:20] located on the
[9:21] north side of
[9:22] Cherry Hill and the
[9:23] west side of Back
[9:25] Road.
[9:26] Two entrances are proposed: one
[9:27] public entrance from
[9:28] Cherry Hill Road and
[9:29] one gated emergency exit
[9:30] from Back Road.
[9:32] Since the apartments
[9:33] will be separate
[9:34] condominiums,
[9:34] the areas outside
[9:35] the buildings will be
[9:36] common elements
[9:37] , not separate
[9:38] areas. The allowable
[9:39] density for
[9:41] single-family homes in the
[9:42] current R2 district
[9:44] is up to 2.17
[9:45] units per acre, and
[9:46] the applicant is proposing a
[9:47] density of 1.79 units
[9:48] per acre. At my
[9:50] meeting on March 3,
[9:52] 2020, I assume it is
[9:54] 2025 or 2026.
[9:56] Hmm, that's a
[9:57] typo. This is from...
[9:58] the planning commission
[9:59] previously recommended
[10:00] approval of a preliminary
[10:01] version of this plan on
[10:03] that date, but, uh, as for the
[10:04] current
[10:05] version that
[10:05] is before the
[10:06] council
[10:07] tonight, it was
[10:08] recommended by the
[10:09] planning commission on
[10:10] July 6, 2026.
[10:11] July 6th, okay. On July 6,
[10:13] 2026, the planning commission
[10:14] recommended
[10:15] approval of the
[10:16] preliminary
[10:17] site plan. Director
[10:18] Norwood, do you have
[10:19] anything to add?
[10:20] Hmm, thank you, Madam
[10:21] Manager. I have nothing to
[10:22] add. Uh,
[10:23] however, you heard from
[10:24] community planner Patrick
[10:25] Sloan. He is also here to
[10:26] answer
[10:27] any questions.
[10:28] Thank you, Patrick. Do
[10:30] you have anything to add? Uh
[10:31] , yes. A little
[10:32] history of the project. So
[10:34] , uh, that original
[10:35] typo
[10:36] that was in the main
[10:38] text, uh, that I
[10:39] had there, uh, that was a
[10:40] previous version of the
[10:42] same plan. And, uh,
[10:43] so this is a plan that has
[10:44] already been considered by the
[10:46] planning commission and the council.
[10:48] And, uh, this project
[10:49] was previously called the
[10:50] Everton
[10:51] Preserve. The
[10:53] preliminary
[10:54] site plan was
[10:55] approved by the
[10:56] township board of trustees on
[10:58] May 13, 2025. And since then,
[11:00] the applicant
[11:01] has been working to
[11:02] obtain
[11:03] state, county, and
[11:04] town permits, as well as
[11:05] engineering department approval,
[11:07] before
[11:08] applying for final
[11:10] site plan review for this
[11:11] condominium project
[11:12] . During this
[11:14] process, the applicant
[11:15] applied to the
[11:16] Eagle Department of State for a
[11:18] wetland permit review.
[11:20] And during this
[11:21] review, Eagle looked for
[11:22] ways to minimize
[11:23] any impact on
[11:24] wetlands.
[11:27] And the previous version of
[11:28] the plan showed
[11:29] full access to the
[11:30] road. And
[11:32] during the wetland survey
[11:33] , in
[11:34] an attempt to minimize the
[11:35] impact on the
[11:36] wetlands on the
[11:37] eastern side of
[11:38] the site, it was
[11:39] determined that it would be
[11:40] better to have access to
[11:41] the secondary road
[11:42] for emergency vehicles only
[11:44] .
[11:45] This allowed
[11:47] this access to be narrowed and significantly
[11:48] reduced the impact on the
[11:49] wetlands
[11:50] on the eastern side of the
[11:51] site. And having a
[11:54] closed emergency
[11:56] access on a
[11:56] secondary road
[11:57] would still allow
[11:58] emergency services
[11:59] to approach from Back
[12:00] Road, but all
[12:01] public
[12:02] transport traffic would be
[12:03] from Cherry Hill Road.
[12:06] So, the applicants
[12:07] revised their plans from
[12:09] 2025. We
[12:10] are still in the
[12:11] preliminary
[12:12] development plan stage,
[12:13] as it is the same
[12:14] development, the same
[12:15] number of apartments, the
[12:16] same density,
[12:17] even the same
[12:17] development layout.
[12:19] However, due to the change
[12:20] in access, the change in
[12:21] traffic patterns, this issue
[12:22] had to be brought back
[12:23] to the
[12:24] planning commission and board of
[12:25] trustees for
[12:26] preliminary
[12:27] development plan review. The last thing
[12:29] I will mention regarding the
[12:30] significant changes to the
[12:31] project itself is that
[12:32] due to the increase in
[12:34] traffic on Cherry Hill
[12:35] Road, the applicants added a
[12:36] dedicated
[12:38] detour signal to allow
[12:40] left turns to the east,
[12:41] left turns into the
[12:42] area, and then
[12:43] installed a
[12:45] detour signal on the
[12:46] south side of
[12:47] Cherry Hill Road so that during
[12:48] rush hour or if there are
[12:50] vehicles
[12:51] waiting to make a
[12:52] left turn, any
[12:53] vehicles
[12:54] traveling east would
[12:55] have a detour signal around them
[12:57] . So,
[12:58] the signal light
[12:59] for the detour along
[13:00] Cherry Hill Road and the
[13:01] change to emergency vehicle-only access to Back
[13:02] Road
[13:05] are two major changes
[13:06] since the
[13:08] site plan was previously approved. So, with that in
[13:09] mind, I'd be
[13:10] happy to answer
[13:11] any questions.
[13:12] Summer, anything from the
[13:14] planning commission?
[13:15] There is nothing to add
[13:16] other than what is in the
[13:18] planning commission minutes.
[13:20] Are there any questions from the
[13:21] council?
[13:21] A.
[13:22] Okay.
[13:25] Um, yes. So, I
[13:30] noticed that, um, in the
[13:32] planning commission minutes and, um, in the
[13:34] ZBA minutes as well,
[13:40] there were concerns
[13:41] about, um, flooding and
[13:42] wetlands.
[13:49] Um, and I noticed that Mr.
[13:51] Constantino mentioned
[13:52] Mott Drain. And I'm
[14:00] wondering, um, this isn't
[14:02] directly related to the
[14:03] site plan, but I'm
[14:05] wondering if, um, we mean
[14:06] , can
[14:07] the administration
[14:08] find out when the
[14:09] last time there was
[14:11] dredging there.
[14:17] Yes, we can, we can
[14:18] do it. And as part of
[14:20] this site plan, the
[14:22] applicant is proposing
[14:23] an easement over Mott
[14:24] Drain, and that is a requirement of
[14:25] Wayne County. Mott
[14:27] Drain is
[14:28] under the jurisdiction of
[14:29] Wayne County, so we
[14:30] can contact the
[14:31] county to find out
[14:32] when they last
[14:33] performed
[14:34] maintenance there or
[14:35] if they have allowed
[14:36] any
[14:37] maintenance there.
[14:38] Right. Right.
[14:40] Yes, I mean it would be
[14:41] good to know
[14:42] when this last
[14:43] happened, and if
[14:44] it hasn't happened
[14:46] in the last
[14:47] few years, we
[14:48] should make sure
[14:49] it happens. Um,
[14:56] and then I'm also
[14:57] wondering, um, does it look like the
[14:59] previous
[15:00] site plan shows
[15:01] that there's a large, um, pond or wetland on the east side,
[15:02] directly
[15:04] adjacent to
[15:05] Dodson Elementary School.
[15:08] And, um, even though my
[15:16] kids attended
[15:17] Dodson, it's been
[15:19] a few years now. My
[15:22] youngest is 25. So I'm
[15:23] wondering if there's any kind of
[15:25] fence there, as far as
[15:26] we know.
[15:28] Yes. The site plan
[15:33] shows that there
[15:36] is a fence along the line bordering Dodson.
[15:40] Good. Do we know
[15:46] if there is also a fence
[15:47] that runs
[15:48] along the property line
[15:49] near the house to the
[15:51] east? Or near
[15:56] houses? Because I just wouldn't want
[16:00] any
[16:02] child to have access to
[16:03] that pond.
[16:08] I can zoom in on the
[16:09] aerial image,
[16:11] and looking at the
[16:23] last
[16:24] aerial shot, it's hard
[16:25] to tell because there's a
[16:26] pretty thick
[16:27] tree line. And some of the
[16:29] recent
[16:30] aerial photos have foliage, so
[16:32] it's hard to see if
[16:33] this fence extends
[16:34] along the contour of the school.
[16:37] Good. I just want
[16:39] to ask if
[16:40] we can first...
[16:48] Who is part of
[16:49] the resolution that you're
[16:50] asking about?
[16:53] Well, I mean, you
[16:55] need to discuss
[16:56] this with the school. Um, and I,
[17:04] um...So, if we
[17:11] approve the
[17:12] preliminary
[17:13] site plan tonight, what are the
[17:14] next steps,
[17:15] Patrick?
[17:17] Um, the
[17:18] applicant's next steps
[17:19] will be to undergo an
[17:20] engineering
[17:21] examination at the
[17:22] town's Engineering Department.
[17:26] They will approach
[17:27] Wayne County for
[17:28] county consideration
[17:29] regarding
[17:30] stormwater management,
[17:31] soil erosion,
[17:32] public road accesses. Um
[17:34] , they will apply to the
[17:36] Michigan Eagle State Office for
[17:39] utility permits and wetland permits
[17:41] . Um, and this
[17:43] process can take,
[17:44] um, several months, and
[17:45] then, um, once
[17:46] they get
[17:47] approval from, um,
[17:48] state, county,
[17:49] and local
[17:51] governments, they
[17:51] go back to the
[17:53] Canton Township Planning Commission and the
[17:55] Township Board of Trustees for
[17:56] final review of the
[17:57] site plan. So,
[17:59] um, when they
[17:59] come back with the
[18:00] final review of the
[18:01] site plan, it
[18:02] will be reviewed again by, um
[18:03] , the
[18:04] planning commission and the board of
[18:05] trustees.
[18:06] Right.
[18:06] Um, and then looking at
[18:07] , um, some of the
[18:08] Google Street
[18:09] View photos, it looks like there's a chain-link fence running along the
[18:10] north side of the
[18:11] school boundary
[18:13] . Hmm,
[18:14] I can see it from Back
[18:15] Road and a good
[18:16] portion of the school
[18:17] grounds, but there's a
[18:18] lot of vegetation there,
[18:19] so it's a little hard
[18:20] to tell if
[18:21] it runs along the entire boundary of the
[18:22] site. So this is something
[18:23] we can investigate
[18:24] and find out.
[18:25] Good. That would be good
[18:29] , because I just
[18:30] want to make sure that
[18:31] we don't have, um,
[18:32] any kids
[18:33] accessing this
[18:35] area from the
[18:35] school grounds.
[18:39] And if it looks like it is, and
[18:40] it's an out-of-
[18:41] area condition where there's a
[18:42] hole in the fence that's
[18:43] not adjacent to the site
[18:44] , we can
[18:45] contact the school
[18:46] and let them know and
[18:47] work with them
[18:48] to let them know, uh
[18:49] , about future
[18:51] development proposals and what
[18:52] might be in their
[18:53] best interest
[18:54] from a safety perspective.
[18:55] Good. I appreciate it.
[18:58] Thank you. Are there any more
[19:00] questions, Michael?
[19:02] Hmm, I have no
[19:04] questions. Hmm, but I want to
[19:11] express my
[19:12] gratitude to the
[19:13] planning commission, Eagle, and, um, the
[19:14] ZBA, because I think
[19:16] this final
[19:17] site plan is better
[19:18] than the original one that
[19:19] was adopted with the
[19:20] secondary
[19:21] access road
[19:22] that was supposed to be in the
[19:23] wetland easement
[19:24] . I
[19:27] think sometimes, um,
[19:28] we have a hard time when our
[19:30] standards conflict with
[19:31] each other, and, um,
[19:32] we have conflicting
[19:34] values ​​about what is the
[19:35] right thing to do in a
[19:36] particular situation.
[19:41] I understand access and
[19:42] the need for multiple
[19:44] entrances and exits for
[19:45] safety reasons, ahem
[19:46] , but I also share
[19:47] many of the concerns,
[19:49] ahem, of community members
[19:50] about the unnecessary
[19:51] loss of
[19:52] wetlands and, ahem,
[19:53] forests. Hmm, I think it's
[19:59] hard for us to, um,
[20:03] see these
[20:03] standards and
[20:04] see this loss of
[20:05] wetlands
[20:07] due to having a
[20:08] paved
[20:09] surface, um, within the
[20:10] easement. Uh, and
[20:12] then ask yourself
[20:13] why this community has
[20:14] so many
[20:15] floods.
[20:16] This is, um, almost absurd
[20:18] . As? So, in this
[20:20] case, I think, um,
[20:22] this is a good
[20:22] use of, um, the
[20:24] planning process.
[20:26] Um, and a much better, plan,
[20:28] based on that
[20:30] standard.
[20:31] I hope that through
[20:33] the work we have
[20:34] done over the
[20:35] past few
[20:36] years, Canton will be
[20:37] known as much for its
[20:38] green spaces and
[20:39] environmental
[20:40] assets as for its
[20:41] development.
[20:43] Still, I think it's,
[20:45] um, optimal
[20:46] use and a
[20:47] good, good, plan. So
[20:50] I have no questions.
[20:52] My kids drive a Datsun.
[20:56] I know, um, I feel like I
[20:58] feel like I'm
[20:59] less concerned about
[21:00] safety because this,
[21:02] um, area is very, um
[21:03] , inaccessible, um, from
[21:04] this
[21:05] playground, based on
[21:07] my experience
[21:08] being near these
[21:09] swings. My daughter
[21:15] Sloan loves this
[21:16] swing set that will go next to this one
[21:17] . Um, but
[21:21] I, I definitely appreciate those
[21:23] concerns. You know,
[21:27] with that in mind, I
[21:28] think the
[21:29] ZBA variances and I think the
[21:31] plan amendments
[21:32] look pretty
[21:33] good. So I
[21:35] will vote "yes".
[21:38] Thank you. Summer, do you have anything
[21:39] to add?
[21:41] Thank you. I have a
[21:42] question. So, these
[21:43] will be private
[21:44] roads, is that
[21:45] correct?
[21:45] That's right. It's a
[21:46] private road, and I
[21:48] can see that there will be
[21:49] sidewalks. You
[21:51] 're going to put
[21:52] sidewalks all the way to the edge of the
[21:54] lot along the
[21:54] creek, and then all the way to
[21:56] Back Road and all the way to Cherry
[21:57] Hill before that, is that
[21:58] correct? Good. And
[22:03] then what benefits
[22:04] for the community did you, I know
[22:05] , propose?
[22:09] Hmm, of course. Some of the
[22:12] benefits of this
[22:13] development are
[22:14] that, um, they
[22:15] exceed some of the
[22:16] standards for, um,
[22:17] Wayne County for
[22:19] road access.
[22:22] Their, um,
[22:23] traffic study did not
[22:24] show that the level of
[22:26] traffic, um, required an
[22:27] overtaking lane or a
[22:28] speeding light
[22:29] along Cherry Hill
[22:30] Road. Uh, based on
[22:33] our extensive
[22:34] experience during
[22:35] the morning and evening rush hours, um,
[22:36] we felt that, um, both
[22:38] at the staff level and
[22:39] at the
[22:40] planning commission level, a
[22:41] ramp light
[22:42] would be appropriate on
[22:43] Cherry Hill Road,
[22:45] consistent with the other
[22:46] developments along
[22:47] this stretch of Cherry
[22:48] Hill. So, the applicant,
[22:50] um, was offered to
[22:52] include this in
[22:53] the project, um, which
[22:54] exceeded the limits of
[22:55] the resolution. And then, um
[22:57] , since the project is not a
[22:58] planned
[22:59] development area, um, there is no
[23:01] minimum
[23:02] open
[23:03] space requirement. But one of the
[23:04] things we're
[23:05] looking to do with the
[23:06] developer is
[23:07] try to, um,
[23:08] try to
[23:09] minimize the
[23:10] development area, um, with a
[23:11] base zoning of
[23:12] about two
[23:13] units per acre, um,
[23:14] they're going to want to
[23:15] try to get
[23:16] as
[23:17] close to that
[23:18] density as possible, but
[23:19] at the same time, um, the site
[23:20] has a lot of, um,
[23:21] environmental issues
[23:22] and access issues
[23:24] . So, um, the developer
[23:25] worked to,
[23:26] um, make the most of
[23:27] that in
[23:28] terms of
[23:29] providing
[23:30] density in the
[23:31] development zones,
[23:32] embracing the natural
[23:33] features as much as possible. Um,
[23:35] the project still required a
[23:37] waiver application for
[23:38] some of the setbacks. Um,
[23:39] if it was a PDD, it would
[23:41] be, um, otherwise it would be
[23:42] treated as a
[23:43] change request within the
[23:44] PDD process.
[23:45] Um, but the process
[23:46] of deviating from the
[23:48] site plan is somewhat similar.
[23:50] Hmm, not necessarily the
[23:52] site plan and
[23:52] variation process has
[23:53] the same benefits,
[23:54] but
[23:55] the development has
[23:56] preserved significant
[23:57] open space,
[23:59] many natural
[24:00] features, and
[24:00] through
[24:02] access management, sidewalks have appeared
[24:03] along both
[24:04] sides of the interior
[24:05] streets, filling the
[24:06] gaps between the
[24:07] sidewalks along
[24:08] Cherry Hill and Beck. And
[24:11] while there
[24:12] doesn't
[24:12] necessarily have to be a
[24:14] sidewalk from Back Road to the development, with this 20-
[24:14] foot
[24:15] emergency-only access
[24:16] , we expect
[24:17] a lot of foot traffic to
[24:19] use it, just like
[24:20] in other
[24:21] developments where it's
[24:22] used
[24:23] for emergency
[24:24] services only.
[24:24] Hmm. Good. Of course.
[24:27] Okay, yes, of course,
[24:29] yes, there will still be a
[24:30] gap just
[24:31] north of the school with a
[24:32] sidewalk in front of this
[24:33] building. This area
[24:35] also has a lot of
[24:36] Phragmites, and it is an
[24:37] invasive species that
[24:38] we are trying
[24:39] to remove from our
[24:40] drainage areas. Is it
[24:41] possible
[24:42] that some of them
[24:43] will also be removed
[24:45] along Cherry Hill
[24:46] Road during this time? You know, there's a lot right in
[24:49] front of Dodson School
[24:51] , and I'm
[24:52] sure it's
[24:53] probably near Chippewa
[24:54] Court, where
[24:55] Chippewa
[24:56] Court is also shown. There are some
[24:57] Phragmites just, um, and
[24:59] , apparently, even on the
[25:00] site. You can't see them here
[25:02] , but I know that
[25:04] when I drive by
[25:05] , I see a lot of
[25:06] Phragmites.
[25:07] Um, we can
[25:08] work with the
[25:09] applicant and the district
[25:10] to see to what
[25:12] extent, um, they can
[25:13] do that.
[25:14] Good. Thank you.
[25:17] Good evening, Mike
[25:19] Knowles from Ambler Group. Well,
[25:20] glad to be here. So,
[25:23] um, the frontage along
[25:24] Cherry Hill will be, um,
[25:25] substantially built up.
[25:30] So, of course, we will
[25:31] eradicate Phragmites
[25:32] along the frontage, um,
[25:33] of the development,
[25:34] by installing an
[25:35] overtaking lane, um, and an
[25:36] acceleration and
[25:37] deceleration lane, um, a
[25:39] frontage path, and the
[25:40] necessary embankments in
[25:41] that location. I think
[25:44] we'll
[25:45] fix it well, at least
[25:46] across the entire territory.
[25:47] Good. Okay, thank you.
[25:50] Okay, are there
[25:51] any more questions? Okay,
[25:54] everyone who is in favor of
[25:55] the proposal, say
[25:56] YES. I. I.
[25:57] Against, no. The proposal
[25:59] is accepted. Thank you.
[26:01] Our last
[26:05] question is G4.
[26:08] Madam Chair, I
[26:10] propose to cancel the
[26:11] bidding process and
[26:13] approve the
[26:15] purchase order for Spartan
[26:16] Distributors for
[26:18] $72,202.26 for a
[26:20] fairway mower for
[26:22] Fellows Creek Golf Club. I
[26:25] support.
[26:26] A proposal.
[26:27] The motion was made by
[26:28] Clerk Seeger,
[26:28] seconded by Trustee
[26:30] Chairman Berdinsky.
[26:31] Fellows Creek Golf Club
[26:32] needs a new
[26:33] fairway mower to replace
[26:34] one of two existing
[26:35] mowers that have
[26:37] reached the end of their service life. Troon Golf
[26:38] Corporation, a third-party
[26:39] management company that
[26:40] operates the course on behalf of
[26:42] the township, has
[26:42] an arrangement with Spartan
[26:44] Distributors, a regional
[26:45] sales
[26:46] representative for Toro, which
[26:47] provides national
[26:48] pricing. This usually
[26:49] provides a significant
[26:50] discount from their
[26:51] standard prices and the
[26:52] prices of any
[26:53] similar
[26:53] suppliers. The Toro
[26:54] Reelmaster 3555D meets
[26:56] industry standards
[26:58] and was used in
[26:59] demonstrations at Fellows
[27:01] Creek. This lawn mower is
[27:02] only available
[27:03] through this
[27:04] distributor in the
[27:05] Michigan region. This
[27:06] stylish
[27:06] lawn mower
[27:07] allows
[27:08] golf course staff to
[27:08] mow
[27:10] fairways evenly, and its
[27:10] design makes it
[27:11] easy
[27:12] to use
[27:12] on flat and sloping
[27:13] surfaces. The
[27:16] Fellows Creek Golf Course Administration budget for
[27:17] 2026 includes
[27:18] capital expenditures
[27:19] for the purchase of machinery
[27:21] and equipment. In
[27:22] light of these
[27:23] considerations, PRCS
[27:24] requests that the
[27:26] bidding
[27:27] process be waived and
[27:28] recommends approval of
[27:30] the acquisition of Toro Reelmaster for
[27:31] $72,202.26. And
[27:34] this would be due to the fact that
[27:35] funds are
[27:35] available for
[27:36] capital expenditures
[27:37] on machinery and
[27:38] equipment.
[27:39] Director Lefebvre, do you have
[27:40] anything to add?
[27:42] Nothing to add,
[27:43] but always happy to
[27:44] answer
[27:44] questions.
[27:45] or
[27:46] comments? No? Everyone
[27:49] who is in favor of the proposal,
[27:50] say "I do." Against - "no"
[27:52] . The offer is accepted
[27:53] . Okay, now is the time for
[27:55] any additional
[27:56] public comments
[27:57] . I'll look
[27:58] online. Let me
[27:59] see.
[28:02] Please raise your hand
[28:03] if you would like to
[28:03] leave a comment.
[28:05] Not available online.
[28:06] Okay, sir, please
[28:07] come to the podium and
[28:08] state your name and
[28:09] comment. Thank you.
[28:14] My name is Gerald
[28:16] Keith Dotson. 2370
[28:19] Westgate Court, Canton
[28:21] , Michigan. I strongly
[28:25] support the brave
[28:27] men and women of the
[28:28] Canton Police. This is
[28:34] not a photograph. This is a
[28:35] memory. I got lost
[28:37] on a main street in
[28:39] Royal Oak, New York,
[28:45] at night, and a
[28:46] Royal Oak police officer
[28:47] rescued me.
[28:52] He brought me to the
[28:53] police
[28:54] station. And when
[28:57] my
[28:58] uncle came to pick me up, I was sitting on the
[28:59] table, my
[29:00] legs dangling, eating vanilla
[29:01] ice cream. That's what
[29:04] police officers do.
[29:06] They help us.
[29:08] Day and night,
[29:09] around the clock, they
[29:10] protect us. If
[29:12] you don't like
[29:13] the police, if you
[29:14] need help,
[29:15] call the criminal
[29:17] . I'm sure they
[29:18] will come and
[29:18] help you. I don't
[29:20] believe in
[29:21] defunding our
[29:22] police officers. These are
[29:24] shameful idiots who
[29:26] think this won't
[29:27] win. These brave
[29:30] men and women of the
[29:32] Canton Police
[29:33] deserve our
[29:34] support and
[29:35] gratitude. We
[29:38] support them 100%,
[29:39] and no one, no one,
[29:40] comes here to
[29:42] Canton, Michigan
[29:43] , and attacks a
[29:45] Canton police officer. This is not in New
[29:47] York. If I'm out there
[29:49] on the sidewalk, I guarantee
[29:51] you I won't stand
[29:52] there and
[29:53] watch.
[29:56] There is no
[29:57] tolerance in this community for
[29:58] attacks on our
[29:59] police officers. And I
[30:01] want, because they are
[30:03] my heroes, I honor them
[30:04] all. Thank you.
[30:07] very much. Uh, there are no other
[30:08] comments in the room
[30:10] . Okay, thank you.
[30:11] Public discussion
[30:12] is closed. Okay, we're
[30:13] moving on to the
[30:14] administrative
[30:15] part. Patrick,
[30:16] is there something?
[30:17] Eh, nothing more
[30:18] to add. Thank you.
[30:19] Ashley? Nothing? Good.
[30:24] Rochelle, Mrs. Rochelle?
[30:26] No? John?
[30:28] We have Oktoberfest this
[30:29] Saturday, uh, at
[30:30] Preservation Park, from 12:00 to
[30:32] 4:00 p.m. We hope
[30:33] to see everyone there. Uh
[30:34] , big event,
[30:35] lots of vendors. So
[30:36] we will also
[30:37] consider, uh, your
[30:38] thoughts on our
[30:38] master plan
[30:39] during this time.
[30:40] So we have a
[30:41] temporary meeting there and
[30:42] a lot of, uh, events
[30:43] for people to
[30:44] express their
[30:45] opinions and, uh, a lot of
[30:46] different ways. So
[30:47] , I hope to see
[30:48] everyone there.
[30:49] We also have an
[30:50] Agent Orange
[30:51] 5K race. We're having a
[30:53] fun, uh, fun
[30:54] run, a walk, uh
[30:55] in the morning, uh, and also a
[30:57] 5K run. So
[30:58] registration for it is
[30:59] still open, and, uh
[31:00] , you can
[31:00] register until
[31:01] Saturday morning. So
[31:03] come,
[31:03] enjoy, and
[31:04] support a good
[31:05] cause.
[31:06] And this is on Saturday morning?
[31:07] yes
[31:08] .
[31:08] In the village of Cherry Hill.
[31:09] Yes, the village of Cherry Hill.
[31:11] It starts in the reserve park and
[31:12] ends in the
[31:12] Art Warehouse.
[31:13] Well, if someone
[31:14] wants to go for a nice
[31:14] run or
[31:15] walk, this is the
[31:15] place.
[31:16] Yes.
[31:16] Thank you. Good job.
[31:19] Officer Andis?
[31:21] No.
[31:22] Thank you. Dr. Norwell
[31:24] ? No. Deputy
[31:26] Chief? No. Kate?
[31:33] Well, at 8:05 it will be the first
[31:35] day of fall.
[31:36] A.
[31:37] So, happy
[31:38] autumnal equinox
[31:39] .
[31:39] It feels like
[31:40] autumn. Yes.
[31:43] Today yes.
[31:45] Thank you. Summer?
[31:47] Well, I was going to
[31:48] say "happy
[31:49] autumnal equinox
[31:50] ," so Kate stole my
[31:52] thunder.
[31:52] You could say "
[31:53] Happy
[31:54] Hobbit Day."
[31:55] Of course. What
[31:57] kind of thing is this?
[31:59] How is Michael? We know
[32:01] you have a lot to do
[32:03] with the upcoming
[32:04] elections.
[32:04] We have a lot of things to do.
[32:07] It seems like I'm having the
[32:08] autumnal
[32:09] equinox more often today
[32:10] than I've ever had in my entire life.
[32:11] This is exciting. Hmm, we'll
[32:18] send out absentee
[32:19] ballots on Thursday.
[32:24] 2 days later, September 24th.
[32:29] And we have 25,000 of the 72,000
[32:31] active
[32:31] registered
[32:33] voters in Canton who
[32:35] are on that list. So
[32:40] , this speaks about you.
[32:42] Okay, Mr. Dodson is
[32:44] one of them. So that's
[32:45] about a third of
[32:46] our registered
[32:48] voters. Hmm, they
[32:51] should get
[32:52] their ballots
[32:53] anytime starting
[32:55] Monday, like the
[32:56] 28th. Hmm, it might still take them
[33:00] a little while to
[33:01] get there. Um, we're
[33:03] asking people, if
[33:05] you don't find your
[33:06] ballot in your
[33:07] mailbox by October 9th, to
[33:09] contact my
[33:10] office. Maybe not in
[33:12] the next few days.
[33:13] Give it some
[33:14] time. Uh, some
[33:15] local post
[33:16] offices like to
[33:17] redirect mail
[33:19] to larger ones. Um, in
[33:20] big
[33:20] bureaucratic
[33:21] systems you
[33:22] have to
[33:22] make excuses,
[33:23] so they increase the
[33:24] volume of mail. And so
[33:25] a lot of these, um,
[33:26] U.S. Postal Services,
[33:28] they send mail to
[33:29] larger centers to
[33:30] then send it
[33:31] back, um, to
[33:33] adjust their
[33:34] statistics a little bit, which I
[33:35] understand. This is what
[33:36] happens when you
[33:37] work in government. Um,
[33:38] but, um, yeah, just
[33:40] remember that the
[33:41] ballots may take a
[33:43] few more days to arrive. Um, but
[33:44] keep an eye on this. Please
[33:45] contact us if you don't
[33:47] receive them by the 9th
[33:48] . Additionally, if
[33:50] you are traveling
[33:51] within the next 2
[33:52] weeks, election mail will
[33:53] not be forwarded.
[33:56] So, your ballot will not
[33:57] be delivered, um, to
[33:58] whatever
[33:59] destination you
[34:01] are headed to, and it will also,
[34:02] um, not be
[34:03] delayed. He
[34:05] will come back. This is a
[34:06] security feature, um,
[34:08] to make sure that
[34:09] only individuals, um, who
[34:10] are eligible to
[34:11] receive ballots
[34:12] receive them. So,
[34:14] please
[34:14] contact my
[34:15] office if you
[34:16] are traveling within the
[34:17] next 2 weeks
[34:18] so we can
[34:19] make sure we
[34:19] have a
[34:20] valid address for you,
[34:21] or we can
[34:22] keep your
[34:22] newsletter here and we won't have to
[34:24] deal with
[34:25] mailing it. So,
[34:26] just remember
[34:27] that. Early
[34:29] voting
[34:30] will begin in a
[34:31] couple of weeks, on October 24th.
[34:33] This is 9 days before
[34:34] the election. So, while it
[34:38] may seem like a long way off to you all
[34:39] ,
[34:40] the election has already
[34:41] begun in my
[34:42] office. So, we
[34:45] work there. We will also be
[34:50] sending out little
[34:51] cards to every
[34:52] household in Canton that has a
[34:53] registered
[34:54] voter, because for
[34:55] those who choose not to
[34:56] vote absentee,
[34:57] or for those who
[34:58] choose not to
[34:59] vote
[34:59] early at
[35:00] Summit in the Park,
[35:01] that is, for those who
[35:02] choose
[35:03] to vote on
[35:04] Election Day at their
[35:05] precinct, many of
[35:06] these locations have changed.
[35:10] If you participated
[35:11] in the August election and
[35:12] voted on
[35:14] Election Day, you probably
[35:15] found out where
[35:16] your
[35:17] polling place was. And
[35:18] we sent a new
[35:19] voter ID to
[35:20] every voter in
[35:21] Canton. However, I
[35:23] also live a busy
[35:25] life and don't pay
[35:26] attention to all my
[35:27] mail. And I often
[35:29] find myself in the same
[35:30] place I usually
[35:32] go, because I'm a person of
[35:33] habit. So we are
[35:36] sending out a flyer,
[35:37] informing people on
[35:39] one hand of their
[35:41] early
[35:42] voting opportunities at
[35:43] the summit from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 9
[35:44] days before the election, and on the
[35:46] other hand
[35:46] informing them of
[35:48] their new
[35:49] voting location. Not
[35:53] just the address, but
[35:54] a photo of the building
[35:55] and a small map
[35:56] to help them
[35:58] get there. So we
[36:00] do everything we can
[36:02] to provide voters with
[36:03] all the
[36:04] information they need to
[36:05] vote the way
[36:06] they choose.
[36:08] Nevertheless, please
[36:09] come and
[36:10] vote.
[36:12] Thank you.
[36:13] Please.
[36:14] So, today I had
[36:15] lunch at Waltonwood. They
[36:17] had a
[36:17] centennial party there for
[36:19] people who had
[36:19] turned 100 years old.
[36:20] They are trying to
[36:21] break the record for
[36:22] the number of
[36:23] centenarians in
[36:23] one place. Hmm, there
[36:25] were 11 centenarians,
[36:27] ranging in age from 999 to 105. Um,
[36:29] they didn't break the record
[36:30] , there were only 11 of them.
[36:32] The record still
[36:33] stands in Macomb.
[36:36] So next year
[36:37] they will try again
[36:38] . So we're going to
[36:39] advertise this widely. But it
[36:41] was...They opened
[36:42] it to the public.
[36:43] They had one person
[36:44] from the public.
[36:44] Most of them
[36:45] came from other
[36:46] nursing homes
[36:47] . But it
[36:48] was a lot of fun.
[36:49] Very fun. Okay, is there
[36:51] anything else I
[36:52] missed? Good.
[36:53] So, Happy Centennial Day. Happy
[36:55] first day of autumn.
[36:56] Um, can I
[36:57] ask for a
[36:57] postponement of the
[36:58] meeting?
[36:58] So I'm trying. I
[36:59] support.
[37:00] The motion was made by
[37:01] Clerk Siegrist,
[37:01] seconded by Trustee
[37:02] Foster. All "for" - "I".
[37:04] "Against" - "
[37:05] no". The meeting
[37:06] has been postponed. Thank you.
[37:07] Good night.